Stephen Hammond
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Stephen Hammond has been the Conservative Party MP for Wimbledon since the 2005 election.[1]
Hammond was parliamentary private secretary to Eric Pickles as secretary of state for communities and local government 2010-12. Since 2012, he has been parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Transport.[1]
In the 2015 general election, Hammond retained his seat with a majority of 21,619. [2]
Revolving door
Months after leaving his role in the Department for Transport in the 2014 reshuffle, Hammond began working as an adviser for Inmarsat earning £800-an-hour. During his time in the Department for Transport, Hammond attended many official events alongside Inmarsat bosses and declared himself 'hugely impressed' by the company.[3] [4]
Affiliations
- All-Party Parliamentary Wine and Spirit Group - Secretary [5]
External resources
- Holly Watt, Claire Newell and Ben Bryant, Stephen Hammond: Conservative minister's offshore deal cuts tax bill, Telegraph, 1 November 2013.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stephen Hammond, www.parliament.uk, accessed 4 November 2012.
- ↑ ELECTION 2015: Conservative's Stephen Hammond re-elected as Wimbledon MP Wimbledon Guardian, 8 May 2015, accessed 14 May 2015
- ↑ Jack Blanchard Tory MP's £800-an-hour second job: Stephen Hammond joins firm he praised as transport minister Mirror, 22 March 2015, accessed 23 March 2015
- ↑ Claire Phipps Reshuffle at a glance: who's in and who's out Guardian, 15 July 2014, accessed 23 March 2015
- ↑ Aerospace APPG Register Feb 16, www.parliament.uk, accessed 19 February 2016
